Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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783. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised the matter of human rights abuse in China with the Premier of China, Mr Li Keqiang, or his officials on their visit here on 17 May 2015. [20475/15]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Human rights issues were discussed during the visit of Premier Li and his officials. We had a good discussion, in a spirit of friendship, in which we recalled Ireland’s commitment to human rights, the public concern in Ireland relation to human rights in China and the issues on which we respectfully disagree. We warmly welcomed the resumption of the EU-China human rights dialogue last December and expressed the strong wish that it will proceed again this year.

Ireland will continue to raise human rights issues with other countries including with the People’s Republic of China.